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A Cup of Health: Clean Hands, Healthy Body

Summary: Eating well, exercising regularly, and getting checkups are all important for staying healthy, but forgetting the simple daily task of washing your hands with soap and water can result in severe illness. In this podcast, Dr. Anna Bowen discusses the importance of regular hand washing.

A Minute of Health: Clean Hands, Healthy Body

Summary: Forgetting the simple task of washing your hands with soap and water can result in severe illness and even death, particularly among young children. This podcast discusses the importance of hand washing.

COCA Call: New Frontiers in Hand Hygiene Practices

Summary: This podcast is an overview of the Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call, "New Frontiers in Implementation and Measurement of Hand Hygiene Practices." CDC's Katherine Ellingson discusses recent challenges in applying hand hygiene recommendations and identifies global and national campaign activities and resources that support hand hygiene in the reduction of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Summary: This podcast is for hospital patients and visitors. It emphasizes two key points to help prevent infections: the importance of practicing hand hygiene while in the hospital, and that it's appropriate to ask or remind healthcare providers to practice hand hygiene.

Happy Handwashing Song

Summary: This song (sung to the tune of Happy Birthday) encourages kids to wash their hands with soap and water to keep germs away. The song is sung twice through, the recommended length of time to wash hands.